NameTides

Kip

Kip was the #1,621 boys' name in the US in 2025 (104 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales and #1,083 in Canada.

Kip as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kip as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Kip as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,621 (104)#4,275 (4)#1,083 (23)
2024#1,459 (124)—#1,089 (22)
2023#1,380 (135)#3,113 (6)#1,150 (19)
2022#1,447 (125)#3,049 (6)#944 (25)
2021#1,645 (101)#2,125 (10)#1,191 (18)
2020#1,788 (84)#2,682 (7)#1,312 (15)
2019#1,658 (97)#3,411 (5)#1,737 (10)
2018#1,937 (76)#4,749 (3)#1,682 (10)
2017#1,935 (74)#3,040 (6)#1,852 (9)
2016#1,959 (74)#2,556 (8)#1,683 (10)
2015#2,641 (46)#3,373 (5)#1,816 (9)
2014#2,492 (50)#3,362 (5)—
2013#3,265 (33)#2,660 (7)—
2012#3,179 (35)——
2011#4,509 (21)#4,647 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1965 at #378.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1935.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 1980, 6% of US babies named Kip were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kip is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 19,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kip by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Kip (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,3557

Kip (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KipCanadaBoys#1,08323
KipEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
KipNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KipUSGirls—too few
KipUSBoys#1,621104